Will Tobacco Taxes go to health insurance Program.

I suppose that there is right way to help to children's health insurance Program using Tobacco Taxes as it was suggested by Democrats. Democratic lawmakers will push for $50 billion in new funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program over the next five years. To pay for that increase, they must find new sources of revenue or cut existing programs and it looks that they've found ones.

Still, the question now is not whether the tobacco tax will go up, but how much it will go up, said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, an advocacy group that promotes universal health insurance. Pollack said his assessment was based on 'frequent and relatively recent conversations' with the committees that have jurisdiction over SCHIP. Democrats from the House and the Senate are expected to unveil their respective SCHIP proposals soon.